Gratification

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Any reward in money given to soldiers for good conduct in a battle or campaign; an allowance made to prisoners of war; a voluntary contribution made by soldiers to the widows of comrades.
  • noun. The act of gratifying or pleasing; a pleasing or satisfying.
  • noun. The state of being gratified; pleasure received; delectation; satisfaction.
  • noun. Voluntary reward or recompense; also, a gratuity for services received or expected.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act of gratifying, or pleasing, either the mind, the taste, or the appetite.
  • noun. That which affords pleasure; satisfaction; enjoyment; fruition: delight.
  • noun. A reward; a recompense; a gratuity.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The act of gratifying, or pleasing, either the mind, the taste, or the appetite; as, the gratification of the palate, of the appetites, of the senses, of the desires, of the heart.
  • noun. That which affords pleasure; satisfaction; enjoyment; fruition: delight.
  • noun. A reward; a recompense; a gratuity.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. state of being gratified or satisfied
  • noun. the act or an instance of satisfying
  • Word Usage
    "We may opt to find comfort in solace, the bottle, antidepressants, pain killers, dating or anything that can give us short term gratification and distract us from feeling our emotions."
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